Audubon in the SchoolsLane County Audubon members are very proud of our all-volunteer organization. It is through the diverse talents and contributions of our members that we are able to fulfill our mission - and have fun while doing it!
We invite you to join us! To find out more about volunteering for LCAS, contact Maeve Sowles at 343-8664 or president (at) laneaudubon.org.
Audubon in the Schools
Audubon in the Schools is recruiting instructors for the program this fall. Please consider joining this very active program. We depend on new instructors for our continued success.
To find out more about volunteering for LCAS, contact Kris Kirkeby at 349-2439 or k2kirck (at) comcast.net
Swift Watch Volunteers Needed
The East Cascades Audubon is participating in a state-wide effort to count Vaux's swifts at roost locations throughout Oregon this fall. I am looking for volunteers to scout out possible roosts and to count swifts at known roosts. We are focusing on Saturday evenings from Aug 28- the month of September.
This is in partnership with a West coast effort from B.C. to Mexico headed up by Larry Schwitters in Washington.
For more information on this project also checkout Oregon Vauxs Swifts.
Please contact Nicole Nielsen-Pincus in Eugene at nnielsenpincus (at) yahoo.com for information on roost locations or to volunteer.
Volunteers needed for Lane Audubon's booth operations (Mt. Pisgah, Oct 31)
If you'd like to help Lane Audubon in a big way but don't have a lot of time available, here are a couple of ways to get involved. We need one or two people to take over the Lane Audubon booth setup and takedown, as well as someone to coordinate the scheduling of booth staffers.
Booth Setup/takedown involves delivering and erecting our portable booth, tables, and display materials, and then dismantling them after the event is over.
If you're more comfortable indoors and have some basic computer organizational skills, such as sending e-mail messages and putting together staffing schedules, you could help Lane Audubon by sending out announcements alerting our volunteers of booth staffing opportunities.
Orientation and training for those volunteer positions will be provided.
The next opportunity for helping with the booth will be Sunday, October 31, when Mt. Pisgah Arboretum hosts its annual Mushroom Show and Plant Sale. If you'd like to learn more about booth volunteering, please call Ron Renchler at 345-0834 or e-mail at christyandron (at) qwest.net.
"THANK YOU!", Volunteers
Sunday, June 27, found several Lane County Audubon volunteers on the Lane Community College campus to help staff our outreach booth during KLCC's annual Garden Tour event. Thanks go to the following people for helping spread the word about our organization: Flo Alvergue, Joyce Baker, Connie Berglund, Debra Eichner, Dave Stone, and Susanne Twight-Alexander.
"THANK YOU!", Jim and Selina
Jim Blick and his daughter, Selena have been the membership data coordinators for Lane Audubon since January 2006. The job entails keeping the database current and printing mail labels for the Quail mailing crew for each Quail issue deadline. Jim has improved the system and made it easier to modify and keep current with the monthly National Audubon reports. He and Selena have been great Lane Audubon volunteers and we hope they enjoy more free time on the Blick farm, since I know that keeps them busy. We truly appreciate their five years of accurate and timely work!
Jim is the perfect volunteer who has found a replacement for this job! Starting this month, we welcome Tim Godsil to take the reins of the Membership database work! He has agreed to take on this task and we are thankful for his willingness and look forward to working with Tim. Thanks and Welcome!